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A Pongal cooking scene outdoors on a concrete ground. A dark clay pot sits on a fire of firewood and stacked red bricks dusted with yellow turmeric, with milk or rice boiling over its rim in a white foam and steam. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at right, one hand extended toward the pot, and another person in a white dhoti and shirt is partly visible at the right edge. A second clay pot and a few people in white and coloured clothing stand in the background, with white kolam-style powder patterns on the ground.

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January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20172017-01-14A photograph of Pongal cooking outdoors. Two clay pots sit on stacked red brick stoves over the ground, with white foam or milk boiling over the rim of the nearer pot and steam rising from the second. A person in white trousers squats at the right, bare feet visible, wearing a gold bangle and tending the second pot. Behind them a woman in a yellow and orange patterned sari stands at the left. Scattered red kumkum and dry leaves lie near the bricks, and the dusty ground is in full daylight.2006-12-31A large reddish-brown clay pot sits on a stack of bricks over a small wood fire on a paved outdoor courtyard, with smoke rising from its mouth. Bamboo or sugarcane poles lean in from the frame edges, and a person wearing white clothing with a gold-and-brown patterned border stands partly visible at the left, their bare foot showing. Faint blue-and-white kolam or rangoli powder designs decorate the pavement near the fire.2013-01-14January 15 20162016-01-15January 15 20162016-01-15Close photo of a Pongal ritual: a clay pot filled with milk boiling over a clay stove of stacked yellow bricks, steam rising, with a fresh green banana-leaf wrapped around its rim and a sugarcane stalk standing beside it. A woman in an orange sari with a gold bangle kneels at the right edge, one hand reaching toward the pot. A wooden ladle lies on the ground and a woven basket sits in the corner. White kolam rangoli lines decorate the ground around the stove. No face of a main subject is visible, and no identifiable person is shown.2017-01-14December 31 20062006-12-31A close photograph of a Pongal ritual: a clay pot filled with milk and rice boils over on a small brick hearth, with milk spilling down its sides onto the yellow-ochre bricks. A person's hands with bangles and henna-like markings hold the pot's rim and sprinkle or stir its contents, while dry sticks and burning embers lie on the paved ground. Pongal, the overflowing-milk harvest offering, is visibly performed here. The image shows no clearly visible face of a person, and no identifiable person in the scene is confirmed as him.2017-01-14January 14 20172017-01-14